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No, he has disappeared from the Internet, as far as I can tell. Maybe he uses a pseudonym now. The last I saw about him was a wedding announcement on some Russian website, a few years ago. I hope that he's doing well. Anyway, I understand that XeroBank was a cryptohippie.net (Panama) reseller. XeroBank was designed to be the "Liberty Suite" gateway for the failed SWANsat project. https://twitter.com/xerobank http://www.rayservers.com/blog/the-roots-of-the-current-global-crisis http://www.swansat.com/liberty.htm As I understand it, they failed to get necessary regulatory approval, and adequate funding. The idea lives on (sort of) in Google's satellite project, but minus the liberty aspect
LOL rayservers and xerobank. Brings back some memories. Steve is either dead or works for the USA government now. I think they leaned pretty hard on him.
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